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Psychotropic Drugs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

John Pollitt
John Pollitt*
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Physician in Charge, Department of Psychological Medicine, St. Thomas' Hospital, London
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Psychotropic drugs are but one of our tools in treatment and when appreciating articles or books about these compounds, it is always stimulating to see that the author(s) know as much about people and the disorders they are treating as about the drugs which they are using. It is also helpful when the separation between symptomatic and curative treatment is made, and “comfort” and “cure” are distinguished. Papers which help doctors help patients rather than those of somewhat esoteric interest have more appeal, and I think we may ask: Does the author relate this to the work of the clinic and ways to assist the next patient?

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 133 , Issue 4 , October 1978 , pp. 372 - 373
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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